One hot afternoon， a poor farmer was digging his field． Suddenly， his spade（铲） hit something． It was a big metal（1）　　， which was big enough to boil rice for more than one hundred people． "It does not seem to be of any use to me． I will dig（2）　　． Maybe I will find something else，" thought the farmer． He（3）　　to dig．

    Feeling tired， he threw the spade into the pot and sat under a tree to（4）　　． When he got up to leave， he could not （5）　　 his eyes． There were one hundred spades in the pot． What a（6）　　pot!

    After that， he put a（7）　　into the pot． Then he found one hundred mangoes in the pot．（8）　　that pot， he became a rich man． The King came to know of the pot，        （9）　　he was very greedy（贪婪的）． "I want to find out the（10）　　of the magical pot． If it is valuable， it should be（11）　　，" the King thought． So， at once， he ordered his men to bring the farmer and his pot．

    The King（12）　　the pot and did not know what to do． He thought，"Let me see what is inside this pot that makes this pot so magical．" He slipped （滑） and （13）　　inside the pot． After climbing up out of the magical pot， he was（14）　　to find that there were one hundred Kings．

    All the Kings then（15）　　among themselves and died． This magical pot has killed the King himself!

（1）A． bottle	B．bowl	C．plate	D．pot
（2）A． higher	B． nearer	C． deeper	D． earlier
（3）A． chose	B． decided	C． hoped	D． continued
（4）A． have a rest	B． have a meeting	C． have fun	D． have a try
（5）A．fix	B． believe	C． open	D． close
（6）A． exciting	B． terrible	C． magical	D． beautiful
（7）A． mango	B． spade	C． king	D． man
（8）A． In	B． With	C． Without	D． By
（9）A． but	B． So	C． or	D． and
（10）A． price	B． secret	C． cost	D． wealth
（11）A． the farmer's	B． mine	C． yours	D． his
（12）A． looked after	B． looked for	C． put away	D． looked at
（13）A． fell	B． jumped	C． joined	D． felt
（14）A． relaxed	B． excited	C． shocked	D． bored
（15）A． stayed	B． competed	C． discussed	D． fought